Program
The timetable below is the preliminary schedule. The schedule is subject to change.
Confirmed Invited Speakers:
*We are still adjusting some speakers’ presentation times and some of them are not included in the timetable.
Harald Groeger (Bielefeld University, Germany)
Magali Remaud-Simeon (INSA Toulouse, France)
Sophie Barbe (Toulouse Biotechnology Institute, Bio & Chemical Engineering, France)
James Morrison (GlaxoSmithKline, USA)
Todd Hyster (Cornell University, USA)
Jian-He Xu (East China University of Science and Technology, China)
Paola Laurino (Okinawa Inst. of Sci. & Tech. Graduate Univ., Japan)
Friday, September 30
[JSEE]: Recommended by Japanese Society of Enzyme Engineering
[SBCJ]: Recommended by The Society of Biocatalysis Japan
| 9:30-9:35 | Opening Ceremony |
| 9:35-10:00 |
Keynote Speech 1 |
| 10:00-11:40 | Oral Session 1 OS1-01 Hiroshi Kanzaki (Okayama University, Japan) [SBCJ] Microbial conversion process of an olive leaf extract to produce a novel antioxidative compound B-olivol® as a cosmetic OS1-02 Ryotaro Hara (Kyoto University, Japan) [JSEE] Identification and characterization of microbial proline hydroxylases for regio- and stereo-selective synthesis of hydroxyproline isomers OS1-03 Yoshihiko Hirose (Enzyme Techno, Japan) [SBCJ] Application of hydratases for the enzymatic production of hydroxy-functionalized molecules OS1-04 Kenji Oki (Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation, Japan) [JSEE] Biological Production of Methacrylate Esters |
| 11:40-12:30 | Lunch Break |
| 12:30-13:30 | Poster Session (Odd Number & Research Results Presentation of Biotechnology Research Center, Toyama Prefectural University) |
| 13:30-14:40 | Oral Session 2 OS2-01 Toshiaki Fukui (Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan) [JSEE] Metabolic engineering for microbial synthesis of biodegradable polyesters from various carbon sources OS2-02 Tohru Dairi (Hokkaido University, Japan) Conversion of DHA synthase to EPA synthase based on the control mechanism of carbon chain length OS2-03 [Zoom] Bing-Yi Yang (East China University of Science and Technology, China) Clean Synthesis of Ursodeoxycholic Acid Using a 7β-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase from Roseococcus sp. |
| 14:40-15:00 | Break |
| 15:00-16:15 | Oral Session 3 OS3-01 Shogo Nakano (University of Shizuoka, Japan) Development of genetic algorithm-based consensus protein design method to generate highly functional enzymes OS3-02 Ryota Mizushima (SyntheticGestalt, K.K., Japan) Machine Learning-based Enzyme Function Classifier Enables Prediction of Novel PETases IL1-01 [Zoom] Sophie Barbe (Amineo) AI-powered Protein Design |
| 16:15-16:30 | Break |
| 16:30-17:45 | Invited Lecture 1 [Zoom] IL1-02 Magali Remaud-Simeon (INSA Toulouse, France) Increasing the chemical space of glycopolymers and glyconjugates with natural and engineered catalysts IL1-03 Yannick Malbert (SWEETECH SAS, France) SWEETECH : a story from the lab to the startup IL1-04 Jian-He Xu (East China University of Science and Technology, China) Biorefinery of renewable limonene and oleic acid into functional chemicals by designing multi-enzymatic routes |
Saturday, October 1
| 9:30-9:55 | Keynote Speech 2 KS 2 Harald Groeger (Bielefeld University, Germany) Novel synthetic pathways to industrial chemicals by combining chemo-and biocatalysis |
| 9:55-11:10 | Invited Lecture 2 [Zoom] IL2-01 Todd Hyster (Cornell University, USA) Photoenzymatic Catalysis – Using Light to Reveal New Enzyme Functions IL2-02 James Morrison (GlaxoSmithKline, USA) An Amidation Platform for API Manufacture IL2-03 Paola Laurino (Okinawa Inst. of Sci. & Tech. Graduate Univ., Japan) Insertions and Deletions (InDels): Hopeful monster for protein engineering? |
| 11:10-12:10 | Poster Session |
| 12:10-13:00 | Lunch |
| 13:00-14:35 | Oral Session 4 OS4-01 Kengo Kasama (University of Toyama, Japan) [SBCJ] Lipase-catalyzed enantioselective synthesis of C1-symmetric axially chiral heterocyclic biaryls OS4-02 Richiro Ushimaru (The University of Tokyo, Japan) Stereodivergent cyclopropanation catalyzed by nonheme iron enzymes OS4-03 Takuto Kumano (University of Tsukuba, Japan) [JSEE] Screening and identification of enzymes involved in a cleavage of the C-C bond in C-glycoside catabolism OS4-04 Haruyuki Atomi (Kyoto University, Japan) Lipoyl-protein biosynthesis in the hyperthermophilic archaeon Thermococcus kodakarensis |
| 14:35-14:50 | Break |
| 14:50-16:25 | Oral Session 5 OS5-01 Maika Yamashita (Keio University, Japan) [SBCJ] Encapsulation of hydrophobic photocatalyst in protein nanocage TIP60 OS5-02 Shunsuke Kato (Osaka University, Japan) Evolutionary Engineering of a Cp*Rh(III)-linked Artificial Metalloenzyme for Isoquinoline synthesis via C(sp2)‒H Bond Activation OS5-03 Kazunori Yoshida (Amano Enzyme Inc. Japan) [SBCJ] Creation of useful industrial lipase through protein engineering OS5-04 Yuan-E Lee (University of Toyama, Japan) Dual engineering of olivetolic acid cyclase and tetraketide synthase to generate longer alkyl-chain olivetolic acid analogs |
| 16:25 | Closing Remarks & Poster Award |